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Great post there Mr. Scot! As much as I have enjoyed Steve Smith's career as a Panther fan, he time in Carolina is over for now. I'm glad his son wants him to come back, but there's no way in hades he does. The reality is that we let him go so Cam and the other team leaders could emerge, and they have. Steve is a Hall of Fame player in my opinion, but he would not make us better right now. The locker room would change, and it would also hurt the organization's credibility. When 89 does decide to retire, then bring him back for a one day contract to retire as a Panther. He's the best player in our current, short, history, and he deserves to retire as one of us. BUT he doesn't need to come to play. The biggest and best point is that Baltimore has lost all of his big games this season. Sure, points can be made that he doesn't play defense or the rest of the team, but he's not helped them become a winner right now. That's just the way it is. I love what he brought to our team for so long, and I will always think he's one of the best players in the league over his career; but he's not right for us right now.

I love the wonderful Photoshoping =) Works out very nicely and to great effect! Let's hope the Panthers can continue to find a winning formula! Personally, we can't let Philly get into a rhythm...it's going to be a long afternoon if that happens again...

Are you in a clan? You should try to find one that works for you. That's the best way to find raid mates. I'm at 283....the grind is real! I just need more time!

You have to give this fan credit. That's a pretty honest and frank assessment of the game and what it means. If the Panthers can go to Seattle and win, we should feel really good about our season and the playoffs. Seattle needs to find a way to beat a good team. Per usual, this game will come down to the 4th quarter and who makes the big play there at the end. We have to pressure Wilson. If we let him go to town...it's going to be a long day. I think Seattle's D is going to try to make a statement after blowing some games this year... Dangerous! But I think this Panthers team has the will to do it.

Wow....great job PhillyB! I love how you are able to help Luddites like me get how these kinds of things work, and you infuse wonderful humor making them not only educational but entertaining. I hope you do this professionally. I'd read it!

Arms-Day to do!!! So, if you are at least level one, you can get stuff. If you're limited by time/glimmer, get the Omalon Sniper! I got it when I leveled my gunsmith on a rep item turn int. IT'S AMAZING!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! My rolls are just OK, but the gun handles so well. It has more impact than a LRD/Longbow/Her Benevolence. This thing is really amazing! I'm a below average sniper, but it helps a lot. Not great aim assist, but it handles so very well. I LOVE that thing!!! I got myself up to 274/275 yesterday. Looking forward to hitting the strikes and CoO. I just ran the 36 strikes for the quests (I'm way behind) and did some other fill in things to get my quest logged clear. Man, it was great! I can't say enough how much I love the way upgrades come! I just need to get back into doing the daily story missions and crucible missions for marks. I have some gear I REALLY like that I can up grade. TTK is the destiny we wanted. I know they are going to drop the ball on some things later, but man, they really hit a homerun right now!

I think they were thinking the Saints weren't going to show... Whoops, look who didn't show up thus far? They have to get back into this game, Our defensive line is getting manhandled...

I am in awe....holy crap! Amazing!

God, I hate trickle! That was round 5 in the last Skolas I attempted...what a PITA! Hopefully I can get might light up more and get on the heroic strike bandwagon =)

Dude, I feel your pain! I'll be online this weekend in the evenings. I'm finishing up my arms day weapons (2 more centurion snipes) and going to farm some glimmer (so broke). I should get that done this afternoon. I'm sitting at 221 light...getting there, just need more time. I think that's pretty good considering my very limited play time this week =) Speaking of Arms Day, what did you get? Here's what I picked last week: https://www.bungie.net/en/Armory/Detail?item=2790109141&itemname=Lyudmila-D I feel like I pretty decent roll. Got Danger Close, Full Auto, and a Stability perk in the final three. It really needs the stability. I was just playing with it, and it has a lot of kick with those four bullets. I wish I'd gotten headseaker instead of danger close because of the kick! I would have been a machine! But it handles well, like all Hakke to me. I love it! Y'all pick up anything cool?

So I have something funny to admit: I struggled with the final story mission, regicide.... Yeah, 12 tries! Sadly, I had to resort to weapons of light and Ghorn...but I got him! Fun, but what a pain =) I guess I need to git gud! I'm really enjoying playing, though I need to work on my light! But I want to do quests! What a terrible problem =)

Absolutely! I can't wait to get in there on the strikes! They look really fun! I can't wait to see more stuff though!

Yep, after thinking about it, I agree. So I spend way to much time obsessing over Destiny through the b.net forums, reddit, youtube and podcasts (i know, I'm a addict) and what I've come to see is that nothing is worth it. The game will get you the loot you need to get better. Exotics are NICE but not necessary to be awesome. The new legendary items and the infusion system will keep you well geared for the long run. So only if I have all that I need on my now three TTK characters (used the spark on my 11 warlock, instant 25 with gear), then I'll save up marks for that. From everyone who'se putting stuff out there, don't stress out about marks and stuff, just keep playing. Legendary engrams seem to be dropping A LOT more often! Slight update: I just did the 3rd TTK story mission......holy poo what an amazing story! Great writing, wonderful visuals! And some great surprises...like the one on the way to Cayde's stash....it's hilarious! I wish I had more time to cruise through because I am having SO MUCH FUN again!

You have to go to the hall of guardians (where the three vanguard folks are. There you will find three kiosks, one for old quests, one for exotic weapon blue prints and the third for exotic armor blueprints. You can see which ones are year 1 versus year 2. The Hawkmoon is a year two exotic because it was PS exclusive, and they want to throw a bone to us xbox folks. To bad I need to get level 40 and 175 exotic marks....That will be a while!

Dude I feel your pain! I only get about 20 minutes in the AM and maybe 30 in the afternoons when I'm not picking my son up from preschool... It's almost worse as I get a tease but then have to go to work where they keep adding stuff to my plate...All I want to do is kill aliens with my flaming hammers of death (oh yeah...that's sweet!!1) Oh and I forgot to mention to everyone: from my curious engram (as a year 1 vet), I got the Hawkmoon! It's as beautiful as I've seen and heard online! Looking forward to leveling it!

So I did the first story mission, which is necessary to open up the new subclass. I love getting new stuff, and I'm getting lots of new stuff =) I'm swaping out for Greens at 165 over my 170 PoE gear for no other reason than it's new =) If I can play this afternoon, I'm going to try to get my sunbreaker quest done =) I am very happy with a lot of the changes, BUT from a story perspective, I wish there was a little better intro for new players. I mean, I'm a Destiny nerd so I don't need any introductions, but brand new players might feel a little caught up and confused. Again, Bungie needs some work on that tutorial. I need to delete my new shader and emblem so I can get my green engram. Apparently they are dropping exotics. I'd love to get lucky and get a hawkmoon...but yeah, it will probably be a dragonsbreath =P TTK is a new Destiny, and I hope that those who bailed after TDB and HoW will give it a shot. The quest system means you'll always have plenty of content to do (unless you're a burner in a day person), and options. I love the new bounty system system as well. The cut scenes are very good, and I can't wait to see more. I have so many questions, and I can't wait to finish the story to see how it turns out!

I finally got Thorn, Bad Juju and Invective! How do y'all like the new weapon trials? Interesting guns. I like them a lot!

ME! I'm a total fan, I love playing the game. I agree with a lot of the complaints, but they don't out weigh the fun I have when I get online. I like throwing myself into large groups of enemies, practicing my sniping, and working ever closer to my Moments of Triumph, still need Skolas and Aethon (just need to do it alas). I just joined a fairly size-able, but not too big, clan (Safe Gamers). Dads of Destiny was just too big, even in my clan (we joined a slack group with 7 other clans, DoD and Federation of Fathers) I ended up being part of a group of 800+ dads...tough to make connections. The Streams have been so entertaining! I'm going to hit it pretty hard and try to get up to 40 and my light up so I can participate in the raid and Court of Oryx. I'm so stoked for new gear, over my beautiful gally, and can't wait to play some new missions...oh and do some mayhem clash next week! Just insanity is cool with me! So yeah, I'm stoked. I'm on xbox one, dionysusfiend. Though my play times are so strange!

I got you buddy! Haters gonna hate. I love me some Destiny! Still love playing, love my Xbox One, and all is well! I thought about TTK for a bit, but I went ahead and preordered. I've had such a blast on it, and the rare times I am able to play with huddlers have been fun! I realized how much fun I've been having and I don't want to quit yet. The game informer TTK coverage has been quite exciting! I can't wait to dig into the taken war! If you need a hand, my gt is dionysusfiend

It's not trophies that makes kids wusses. It's the enabling parenting. Discipline gives kids self esteem. Think about it, when a kid knows that their hardwork in practice leads to their ultimate victory or defeat, they will have a greater degree of confidence. Same with school work, martial arts, etc. Trophies are great, participation at a young age is great (hence all 5 year olds getting a trophy); because we all want kids to do something they can be proud of as they age. The more ownership they have, the more they will love it. From there they will learn the lessons about sportsmanship, dedication, and how to be successful. Helicopter parenting doesn't help, only hurts. Edit: mobile paragraphs!

Yeah, the new progression system is really great for new and returning players. I'm still stuck on the Urn...I just have bad luck doing the melee kill 5 cursed thralls...alas. I love the new bounties and the targets. I'm just running through an area doing my bounties and they pop up! It's just a lot of fun.

So it's been three weeks now, anyone still playing? While I haven't been able to play a lot due to that silly RL thing, I still really enjoy it. I'm a total PVP scrub, so I'm not touching Trials of Osiris. There are loads of people who love it though. One day I'll git gud! PoE - I finally did it (on 28) last week, and it was fun. I wish I could have done the 32 the past couple of weeks for the armor pieces (though they are strength...ewww). I did get a G-horn, so now I can be an elitist douche canoe! I love the reforging weapons. That has to be my favorite part of the game. I got the new crucible scout rifle from a blue, and it had terrible perks, then I rerolled it and ended up with firefly, explosive rounds and high impact rounds. The first perk was OK, but I like the flexibility I have in the three perks. And Ghorn is great versus singles, but I still love my hunger of crota for groups of enemies. The damage area is like 3x wider, great for groups. But Ghorn is just stupid versus single targets. I love watching the wolfpack rounds!

Isn't it interesting what happens when you pay a guy $100 million? He suddenly becomes a lot better! Ahh the media!

This is really exciting! We all knew it was going to happen, and it finally has! I continue to think that Gettleman is a very good GM, and if he is willing to hitch his future in the NFL on Cam, then he really and truly believes that Cam is the answer! Most fans have known it, but ti's a nice affirmation!

Now I see why I was hesitant to come here! To the original post: JJ Watt or Cam. to me it's pretty easy, Cam. The QB is the most important position in football. We have been more successful than the Texans since we got Cam. Watt is a very good player, but while he's been doing great things in Houston, they haven't been very good as a team. To me, that's pretty easy. If you don't have a QB, you can't compete.